framing

noun

fram·​ing ˈfrā-miŋ 

: frame, framework

Synonyms of framing

• structure
• framework
• architecture
• frame

Examples of framing in a Sentence

the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments

Recent Examples on the Web

The incident supplies the stakes, the essay supplies the framing, and the pause supplies the reassurance, all timed and sequenced by the company being written about. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Ford is among the few filmmakers who succeeds in filming a stage performance with visual attention (a combination of duration and framing) that sustains literary continuity yet never recedes to mere home-video-like recording. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

In his framing, the renminbi’s gains are coming largely at the euro’s expense, not the dollar’s. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

My research suggests that this framing misses what is actually happening. — Rin Reczek, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for framing

• aiming
• blaming
• claiming
• flaming
• gaming
• laming
• maiming
• naming
• shaming
• taming
• declaiming
• defaming